Obscure question: does anyone know how to stretch out the outside (outside while palm is down) of the forearm? I ask because when I do a certain type of curls, preacher curls, it causes some muscle or tendon in that area to ache, and ache for a while. Does anyone know what this is? I've looked a little online and gotten zilch.
[ March 09, 2004, 10:47 PM: Message edited by: Book ]
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I dunno if it CAN be stretched.
Are you doing the preacher curls properly?
What kind of ache are you getting?
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
I dunno, a dull one. And my friend doesn't get any and we do them the exact same way. I made sure to check. I have heard of people getting them, but not for any extended period of time.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Let's see. I just extended my arm out from my body, palm down and then flat handed bent my hand slowly under and towards my body. That stretched the top forearm muscle for me . . .
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
...there's an onanism joke in here somewhere, I KNOW it...
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
It's my left hand. I'm right handed.
Leave it alone.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Spoilsport. Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
How do you exercise and NOT lose weight? I can't seem to find information on this anywhere.
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
...Well, if you're doing weight training, you should gain weight, because you'd be gaining muscle. If you're doing aerobic, the amount of energy expended should be greater than that ingested; if it's less you'll just be slowing the rate at which you gain weight. Generally, a pretty high rate of aerobic exercise is required to lose weight.
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
Jenny, there are several reasons why you might excercise and not lose weight.
If you are underweight in the first place, you may be building muscle. This will cause you to gain weight. This is not necessarily a bad thing.
If you have been doing the same excercise for a long time, you have reached a plateau. Your body has become used to what you are doing and so it has balanced out the calorie intake and the exercise so that you will not longer lose weight.
If you are just beginning, and you have weight training as part of your regime, or that is all you are doing, again, you are gaining muscle. You may very well be losing fat at the same time, but your muscle gain is more than your fat loss.
Exercise, like eating, should be balanced. Your goal is not necessarily in losing weight, but in getting a proper lean/fat ratio and becoming fit.
Balanced exercise includes:
1. aerobic exercise
2. cross training - don't just walk or jog. Do two kinds of aerobic exercise during the week
3. wind sprints - do little bursts of increased intensity so that you get winded (don't go as hard as you can so that you nearly pass out) and then go back to the normal exercise level. It is important not to stop after a wind sprint, but to let your body recuperate while you are still exercising at normal levels.
4. Weight lifting - increase your muscles so that you increase your metabolism. Do this about two times a week. You don't need weights. Squats, situps, pushups are all weight training exercises. Make sure you rotate which muscles you work out, and get in some large muscles in each session.
And you need to rest. You will get more benefit if you allow your body to recuperate.
Hope this helps.
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
No, I don't WANT to lose weight. I'm terrified of losing weight. I'm scared of what my regular exercise with my girlfriends will do to my already racing metabolism. How do I slow my metabolic rate? How do I exercise without depleting my scant energy reserves?
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Wow, I have no idea how to handle that.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Hmmm...have you tried eating foods that take longer to break down, like for example NOTHING that's refined?
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
I would suggest eating more protein and sticking to body-building rather than aerobic exercise, but I'm no expert. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Book, Be careful, you might have tendonitis, or bursitis, in your wrist or elbow, which is radiating to your forearm, making you think it is a muscle problem. Do you rest a day between trainings? Liz
Posted by aka (Member # 139) on :
Preacher curls make me hurt there too. I don't know how to stretch that muscle out. I just take anti-inflammatories to help with general joint and muscle soreness from working out. I would be half crippled without them, or else have to train very very gently. (I take Vioxx, but I'm thinking of switching to Celebrex.)
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
There is an accupuncture meridian in that area that relates to the stomach. When I overeat or eat junk food it hurts spontaneously. If I really overeat, which has only happened a couple of times, the corresponding area of my lower leg hurts as well. But I have no idea if this is what is going on with you.
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Yup, I wait a day always, but I think it might have something coming from all the viola I used to play as a kid. Maybe?
Or maybe it's because I do pull stuff (bicep) and push stuff (tricep, pec) on alternating days, with sunday as rest day. But I don't really use my arm that way that much on push day.
[ March 10, 2004, 08:11 PM: Message edited by: Book ]
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Andrea--start weight training. That'll add weight to you. Only do moderate cardio with your weight training workouts.
Weight training will build your muscle and make you GAIN weight, as it weighs more than fat.
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
Ahhh, but it's really the fat I want. I want long-term energy storage. Think I should eat more McDonald's?
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
I've never heard of McDonald's being the health answer.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Here, you can have mine.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
You might find one of these stretches helpful.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Book, maybe you should just do what other Americans do. (This was from The Onion, and I had to laugh.) every exercise video I have ever gotten, I try a few steps, then i decide I need to watch it one time through first. That is usually the last time I see the video.
And I bet the viola sure could have an effect. I have had bursitis recently, and even the thought of playing a viola hurts:
Study: 58 Percent Of U.S. Exercise Televised WASHINGTON, DC— According to a new Department of Health and Human Services study, 58 percent of all exercise performed in the U.S. is broadcast on television. "Of the 3.5 billion push-ups performed in 2003, 2.03 billion took place on exercise shows on the Lifetime Network and ESPN3 or fitness segments on Good Morning America," the study read. "The abundance of TV exercise would create the impression that America is a healthy society, if everyone didn't already know that we're a bunch of disgusting, near-immobile spectators." The DHHS study also indicated that 99.3 percent of the nation's Soloflex workouts are televised.
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Well, I'm taking spring break off and we're going to slow it down from doing 6 days a week, alternating execises, to just doing 4 times a week.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Book, Maybe you could watch a few Richard Simmons' videos on your off days. Don;t do the exercises, though!
Also, do you have anyone who can massage the muscles in your forearm?
Liz
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
I'll pass on the Sim-man. I think slowing it down is a pretty good idea.
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